James Palmer-Tomkinson

Who was James Palmer-Tomkinson?

James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson was a British alpine ski racer who competed in the Winter Olympics in 1936 and 1948. He also competed and won in the Oxford-Cambridge ski race for Oxford, winning in 1935.

He was the grandson of James Tomkinson and the father of Charles Palmer-Tomkinson and Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson.

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, he finished 14th in the combined, the sole alpine event, at Garmisch, Germany.

Palmer-Tomkinson died at age 36 after a skiing accident in Switzerland.